A few weeks ago, we invited friends over for dinner. We hadn’t seen them in quite some time and looked forward to catching up. They happen to be vegetarians, so I made a big spread of fancy meatless goodies: Roasted

It’s that time again! The New Year always means a look back at the best lunches I packed during the previous trip around the sun. As always, I have used a highly scientific (read: totally not at all scientific) methodology

As I write this, the Christmas tree is still twinkling, the candles are lit, and we still have a kitchen full of leftover cookies, blocks of cheese and boxes of crackers to remind us that the holidays are freshly passed.

The Christmas season has a tendency to stay the same year to year, and yet change radically. Things that stay the same: There will never be enough time to do all the things we want to do. Gift giving will

Thanksgiving 2017 was the last time I ever spoke to my mother. She unexpectedly went into the hospital a few days before the holiday, and she never came home. Sorry to start a meal plan with such a downer, but

Welp. As evidenced by the fact that I never even got around to posting the September meal plan, last month apparently lasted approximately 30 seconds. It’s October, and I have basically no memory of anything that happened in September —

I’ve realized something over the past several years of parenting school-aged kids: July is really the only true month of summer. June doesn’t count, because they’re still in school for at least half of it. And August doesn’t count, because

It’s a cliche, but life does have its ups and downs, doesn’t it? Since last month’s meal plan was posted, we’ve had some great ups: The kids’ school musical! L. accepting a big scholarship for summer camp! Great times with